Dave the Diver’s Within the Jungle DLC has been delayed to 2026.
We noticed our first peek of Within the Jungle at The Recreation Awards 2024. Described as a brand new story DLC for the underwater exploration/sushi restaurant administration sport, the transient teaser confirmed on the time that Within the Jungle will launch in some unspecified time in the future in late 2025. Sadly, although, that timescale has slipped.
The replace was a part of a 10-minute video that coated DLC availability, pricing, and confirmed Dave the Diver is now out there on the Epic Video games Retailer worldwide. It additionally revealed a free improve for Nintendo Swap 2 house owners was additionally on the best way.
“The upcoming Within the Jungle DLC takes place in a model new area,” defined director and head of Mintrocket Studio, Jaeho Hwang, “and we’re working arduous to verify it brings contemporary pleasure to the sport.” Hwang then shared an all new peek, which you’ll see at 4m20s within the video above.
“The village right here is the place they will be staying throughout their journey. And it is a lake on the village. Right here we’re lastly including freshwater fish to seize and prepare dinner, identical to lots of you’ve got been ready for. We hope you guys are enthusiastic about it.
“One unhappy information, although. Though we introduced it as late 2025, sadly, we would must delay it a bit of bit to early 2026 so as to add extra thrilling content material. There are nonetheless so many cool concepts that we do not wish to miss floating round within the dev staff. We’ll share extra quickly and we’ll preserve you posted on the discharge date as quickly because it’s mounted.”
Hwang additionally mirrored on the pricing and limited-time exclusivity of the Ichiban’s Holidays DLC.
“We all know that not too long ago we let a few of you down,” he admitted. “This type of strategy is usually requested when working with massive IP holders to assist defend the worth of their IP. Nonetheless, we thought that it might be value delivering cool new content material, so we determined to launch the DLC with a six-month time window. Nevertheless, many gamers expressed disappointment with some riaising issues about the way it felt like ‘FOMO’ advertising.
“Though this was not our intention in any respect, we utterly perceive that perspective,” Hwang added. “We wish to apologise to everybody who felt let down.”
Hwang mentioned that after passing the suggestions again to Sega, the IP holder, the staff is now capable of prolong the DLC’s availability. Now, the Ichiban’s Vacation DLC will likely be out there on all platforms till the top of not simply 2025, however the finish of 2026.
Curiously, the Godzilla DLC pack – which was free however solely out there final 12 months – has additionally made a comeback. You possibly can seize it proper now throughout all platforms, and it will keep “free and out there” till the top of subsequent 12 months, too.
That is not all, although. Suggestions additionally intimated to the staff that the value “felt excessive for the quantity of content material supplied”.
“I admit that we weren’t considerate sufficient in regards to the pricing,” he mentioned. “So we will likely be offering common reductions to allow you to decide it up at a extra cheap value.” Proper now, on the time of writing, you may decide it up for 50 % off.
Dave the Diver has beforehand seen DLC add-ons that add further cosmetics, a free Dredge collaboration and… Godzilla. We beforehand knew that larger story DLC for Dave the Diver was coming – however not what it was or when it might land.
“Healthful, harmonious and utterly unwilling to settle,” is how our Christian Donlan described the sport in Eurogamer’s Dave the Diver evaluation, “this is among the most beneficiant video games in years.”
